Empathy and Agency: The Problem of Understanding in the Juman Sciences

Hans Herbert Kogler/ Karstan Stueber

ISBN 10: 0813391199 / ISBN 13: 9780813391199

Published by Westview Pr, 1999

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318 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Empathy and Agency: The Problem of Understanding in the Juman Sciences
• Publisher: Westview Pr
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813391199
• ISBN 13: 9780813391199
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms

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Synopsis

A crucial debate currently raging in the fields of cognitive and social science centers around general and specific approaches to understanding the actions of others. When we understand the actions of another person, do we do so on the basis of a general theory of psychology, or on the basis of an effort to place ourselves in the particular position of that specific person? Hans Herbert Kögler and Karsten R. Stueber's Empathy and Agency addresses this other issues vital to current social science in an advanced and diverse analysis of the foundations of social-scientific methodology based on recent cognitive psychology. The book serves as both an introduction to the debate for non-academic audiences and as a catalyst for further discussion for serious theorists. Empathy and Agency provides a solid foundation of the fundamental issues in social and cognitive science, but also presents the most influential paradigms in the field at this time.

About the Author

Hans Herbert Kogler